Device for squeezing fruit sections



B. PAGE DEVICE FOR SQUEEZING. FRUIT SECTIONS June 17, 1930.

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"Patented, Ju'ne 17 1930 -snnnornen,onunwfyo'mz;

C m cmdn SQUEEZING FRUIT swim a r Jitgiiautn nieangeefimei 2, 192-7. s m imasaise;

n P M ;iiiventionfrelates to limprcvemeiitslin assqueezer designed'especiallyffor tahle iise .fo'rfholding a section r lemon i similar fruit and'squeezingjthefjuicetherefrom." h

I United States PatentNo. 913;36 5.of Eebrliary v 23,1909, to CentaDoll.-Inl;the device ole 1 scribed in said patent andtillnstrated in Figf ures fl and 2 thereof thereis disclosed i a v *1? springclampor' tongs consisting of a pair of arms fixedly. mounted on a spit. Toins ert if a section of lemon,or like fruit, the fruit secp tion is pierced through by the spit',the arms of the spring clamp are manually separated, A and the fruit sectionpushed upwardly between the arms of the tongs. By compressing the tongs thefruitsection can now be squeezed without coming into direct contact I with the fingers. Such a squeezer, having a ,j 'spit upon which the firuit isns'piked has marked advantages over a 7 squeezer con-i strlicted so that the fruit section is merely'introduced between the clamp arms and so 1 squeezed, as, in thelatter case; iipon squeezing,'the fruitiseotion breaks up in a haphazi ard {Way andfthe'juice splashes in a11-directions; while with a device having a spit the f i pierced hole establishesa p h v l e; I which can then beaimedat'a y desired Spot- 5' three operations; viz, the spiking of the fruit l irsectio'n," pushing it upward onthe spit," and.

j- V v-the;s1: reading of the tongs, anch'as the opera- 1. 't'or'of the devicemust use both of his hands in "{holding the squeezer and. the fruit-section in 1 order'to'perfo'rm the operations" necessary w :for its, use,;c0nsiderable skill is required to i -properly handle'the-device. I The object of mV i invention is to eliminate -f the '-difi"1culty encountere'din the insertionoff v the'fruit sectionin thesqneezer, and I have,

therefore, provided ,means flwhe'reby 'Ethefl' spreading apartof thetongs isiinade more i. ,;conven1ent, so. that special skill is "notfref j quired for insertion *therebetween of the,

"Figjfllsei normal; c'ondfltibnlf t n e Cited t0 3111' i I v jj Thispit" "3Q'The device disclosediin the above men-i v 5 tioned'patent, while well adapted for holding v p e 81116. squeezing fruit sections, i's,however,i 7 I cumbersome and inconvenient-with regard to? [their insertion into the device, as it requires f specifications; F; igl f i 1': is a side viewfoffone form10f"constflietionlofmy"clejiceshoyring,' f

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f Fig. isia, side l view showing it o v dfei ic' Figs. land 21inits iop'erative'condition. 1 Fi 4; is iagiiragmentary Tsidijvi another construction pf my deirice," th' shown beingfin thfeir normalxcondition" v; I g i 5 i si r t ir i S d' fli r? I h Wm i i v thefpartsofFigAin,theiifloperati ie:positio c rdi g o1Eig T 0; inc is re hefd vice consists. of a resilient member I "having, a head or c ntral part, 20f ;the shape gran in ertedsti-ri'np andahafiingftvivojex d flexible lips 3 forming g o l gsy t lip 10 "head byfmeansio p h cen ra i hehQadlE nt nded-1 isipositioned 'a wedge17hwlthan extens on fi,"

ot b ng pi io i 1 With.i'albil fel b 9 in jw hich a plnngeror spit p 109 11); i per inent bt' h no r "lattes-seine forth w d 'l the Qnth tther side actslas r es tion aperfora't'ion adapted-to receive the Thevfruit sectionmay be held in the other i hand, though this is not necessary, and is now spiked on the spit and pushed upward, and, the lips 3 being separated, the fruit section is securely positioned in the squeezer, as, in addition to being spiked on the spit, the points 6 will, under the spring pressure of the lips, take proper hinder the fruit section, In this condition a "fruit section can be'served'in my device with food dishes. To extract thejuice' of the lemon the lips are pressed together, whereupon the juice will run out along the spit without splashing-.aanrlrpneciselyin the direction desired. a

As the size of lemons-and siirri lar fruits varies ,to some extent,,, I prefer to so-dimension my device thatiwheh theplunger has beendepressecl to the "full extent'of itsdoWnwardtravel the Wings willpbe spread enough apart so that a sectionof th'e inediuni-si zed lemon'c'an be freely introducedi "Thengin the case of smaller section's tl e plunger "has to-"be 7 between the wings;

only' partly depressed, whilein the ca'se of, larger sections, after the plunger has been may depressed, a slight pressure haste be exerted 5 on the iruit "section to introduce it When t eil e tion is remoyedxthe wedge'i'i, and with it spit 10 andtheknob '12 are automatically returned'by through said spring member and extending between said tongs, said plunger being movable longitudinally with respect to the spring member and havinga pointed end for piercing the fruit section, and means operable upon depression of the plunger to separate'said tongs. 7

52. :A deyic'e for squeezing a'fruitsections comprisingan integral spring 'n'iem'berha'v inga-"curved spring portion and a pair of :tongsextending-therefrom, said spring memberbeing bentinwardly at the upper portions iofisaid irongain rjp'lun'ger comprising a unitary element passing through the curved portion o'f said springxmember and extending between said tongs, and afcam-member fixed on said plunger anid' normally positioned within the curved portion ofthe spring memher, said. cam inemberi-bein'g operative upon depression oft-he plunger'to engage the "bent in portions" of the ,sprling member .to spread the"ton gs apart,l p i f v i Signed 'at New York, "N; Y., this 26th: day

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theres i-lientgnemjber lnto their normal posi- I tions.

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"II Fig 4 n '5 l'h v-s a mew at modified construction ofny device, whereby h rl ng '7 h 'f e mp ce i y 13. a, fflhe spring '13 carries on'its central 'por spit '10 and is riveted 'on"its ends, by means ofthe rivetsil6 l6, to the resilient member e'r kp r fie r ffi eSr '10IP1a9 n. each side ofthe spring13 provideforconnec ti' i be we n; t sp ng and spit hen the knob 12, withzthe spit lQ',jis de= pressed the spit. carries the; central portion oi the springwith'it,which thereby assumes the shape showngin p ead ng fthe'l r 3-: Whe t efl mon, s ction is removed-the springreturns toits nor-f mal position andLt'hereby also returns the iq red that in this construction the down-V ardt v o the spit 0 's ouldbe lessen-1 e i dt bring th sp ite l3 5 1w its fully; stretched position. f j' While I h ve sh wn an ld 'ifibsdl'sa preferred f m of myimproved ii rici zr v i ae i 111mb my'i ei ition t the f fuitl ection'sj, I d n t desiir'sl e.

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